Research Results

Feb 3, 2026

  • Press Release
  • Joint Research Paper

Joint research results by Master's Student Soichiro Seki (currently at IPR, Osaka Univ.), Assoc. Prof. Ritsuko Fujii, and Prof. Jun Minagawa (NIBB, NINS) have been published in a journal and a press release was issued.

The joint research findings by Soichiro Seki, a graduate student (currently at the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University), Associate Professor Ritsuko Fujii, and Professor Jun Minagawa of the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), NINS, have been published in Communications Biology, a journal issued by Springer Nature.

Soichiro Seki*, Masato Kubota, Nami Yamano, Eunchul Kim, Asako Ishii, Tomoko Miyata, Hideaki Tanaka, Richard J. Cogdell, Jian-Ping Zhang, Keiichi Namba, Genji Kurisu, Jun Minagawa & Ritsuko Fujii*


"Distinctive and functional pigment arrangements in Lhcp, a prasinophytespecific photosynthetic light-harvesting complex"
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08977-x


November 27, 2025: Press release issued.

February 3, 2026: English version of the press release issued.

[Domestic]

Osaka Metropolitan University Website: https://www.omu.ac.jp/info/research_news/entry-21189.html        

[International]

Alpha Galileo : https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/268315
Asia Research News : https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/sea-soil-molecular-changes-suggest-how-algae-evolved-plants
Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) : https://www.omu.ac.jp/en/info/research-news/entry-102422.html
X(OMU) : https://x.com/OsakaMetUniv_en/status/2018550016617447808
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